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J. MAQGALLUM.

BOX FDR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING GOODS. No. 305,827. Patented Sept. 30, 1884.

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JOHN MACCALLUM, OF MANCHESTER, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

BOX FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYlNG GOODS.

SPEGIFICATON forming partei Letters Patent No. 305,827, dated September 30, 1884.

Application died Decembrr ll. iSS. (No modehl Patented in England September 26,188,3,No.4,580, and October '32, 1583, No. 5.016;

in Belgium November 2l, 1883, and in France November 2Q, 1883.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, Joniv MACGALLUM, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes or Receptacles for Holding and Displaying Goods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a box for packing, for exhibition and sale, India muslin and other frillings, also chenille and other fringes and similar goods, and hasv for its object, iirst, to display the pattern of the goods to the best advantage; second, to prevent the goods from being crushed in the packing; and, third, to facilitate the unpacking or withdrawal at any time, as may be required for retail sale, of any desired length of goods from their boxes or cases without derangement of the neatness of packing Vof that portion of the goods which has'been lappedround the box for display.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal vertical section, taken along the line 1 2 in Fig. 2, of my improved box or case. Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan of the same, with a por; tion of the top of the box or case broken away to show the goods packed inside. Fig. 3 is a plan of the under side of the said combined reel and box or case5and Fig. ais a corresponding transverse section thereof, taken along the line 3 4, the external lappings of the goods being omitted in Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of a modified arrangement, wherein an internal chamber or space adapted `i`or the reception of a portion of the goods inside it is formed by the side wings of the box` `and cross bars or slats of wood at intervals, forming an open or skeleton box, the interior goods inside such space being inclosed by the outer lappings round the skeleton reel, as shown.

In all these iigures I have shown only the inode of packing as applied to frillings, which are capable of being coiled round on edge inside the box; but in the case of fringes or limp goods not capable of being packed or coiled edgewise, they would be laid or plaited to and fro on their sides inside the box or internal space. A

Figs. 6 and 7 represent, respectively, a detail section and plan of the aperture, here shown as provided with alid or cover, (which may be dispensed with, if desired) for affording access to the inner goods without disturbing the outer lappi'ngs thereof.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th rough out the several views.

a, Figs. 1 to 4, is the box or inclosed space, provided with a lid or cover, b, within which the frilling is first coiled edgewise, as shown in the lower part of Fig. 2.

c c are the side wings of the box, attached to the said 'box or case, between which wings and outside the box or case one or more layers or lappin gs of frilling are then wound sidewise thereon, so as to display the pattern thereof to the best advantage, as shown in the upper part of Fig. 2. The whole may be kept in an ordinary box or case to protect the outside lappings from dust.

In lieu of combining a box or case, o, and lid I) with wings c to form a box, the device may consist, simply, of two wings, c, connected by cross bars or slats of wood d, placed about two inches apart at each end, so as to forni a skeleton frame having an interior space, a, of sufiicie'nt depth to receive one or -more coils of the frilling inside it, as shown in longitudinal vertical section at Fig. 5, a square of millboard, e, being fitted to the lower cross-bars to form the bottom of the said chamber or space. Round the outside of the said skeleton frame another portion of the frilling is wound or lapped, as above described. The increased thickness or depth of frame obtained by forming'therein a box or space, a, capable of receiving one or more coils of the frilling placed edgewise or upright, admits of the outside lappings being formed without crushing or deranging the goods where they pass round the ends of the frame, as is the case when using ordinary cards, or thin reels without any internal reception-space.

In order to admit of the ready withdrawal of any desired length of frilling or fringe from the internal receptacle or space without disturbing or destroying the neatness of the outside lappings wound round the box, Iprovide an opening, j', in the bottom of the box or space c, and I draw one end of the goods ont through the said opening, as required, leaving the outside lappings undisturbed. This open- IOO elairn, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

. and the aps bent or turned outward, soas to leave an aperture, as shown in Figs l, 4, and

,5, through which the inner goods are Withdrawn as they are wanted. Vhen turned backinto their open position, the flaps g serve :as guards or protectors to the edgesoi' the outside lappings opposite the aperture andprevent their being frayed or injured by the act of drawing out the inner frilling. The aperture f can be readily closed again, so as to exelude dust,by pressing down the iaps g to their original position.

In some eases-the aperture f may be provided with fixed raised sides 7L 71 asshown in the detail section and plan, Figs. 6 and 7, for keeping the outside lappings of the .goods away from the aperture, a hinged or other lid or cover, z', being tted or not, as preferred, over the mouth of the said aperture f, to exclude dust, which lid may be kept closed by a rubber spring, 7c.

Having fully described niyinventiomwhat I end, from which the goods may be withdrawn as desired.

2. An apparatus for holding and displaying goods, consisting of a box or receptacle, a, Within which the bulk of the goods are stored, a lid or cover, b, side wings, c c, between which and outside of the box and ycover is placed a sample of the goods, and an opening in the bottom of the box frornvwhch the goods may be withdrawn from the box Without disturbing thesample on the outside, and closing-flaps for said openings, as set forth.

3. A box or receptacle for holding goods, coiled as lset forth, and having a sample of said goods upon the outside, provided with proj ecting side wings, and having an aperture with olosing-aps, substantially as set forth. In witness whereof-I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses'.

, JOHN MAOCALLUM. TWitnesses:

CHARLES GRow'rHnR,

Agent, 17 Piccddz'lh, IVIrmchester. p GEORGE HENRY Boven,

Clerk, Whittaker Lane, Prestwick. 

